Lanzhou Langmusi Labrang 5 Day Tour

After breakfast, you start on the 488km drive trip to . The road trip is composed of two sections - and . You will pass by Hezheng County, Linxia City, Xiahe, Hezuo, Luqu and lastly to our destination today - Langmusi. The 488km trip gradually goes from the loess plateau slowly to Tibet-Qinghai Plateau with sea leavel increasingly higher and higher and the Muslim culture gives away to Tibetan culture. It is an intersting drive. Arriving at Langmusi in the afternoon. After lunch, visit one of the two monasteries - Kirti Monastery. The temple is on the southern hill (Sichuan side ) in Langmusi. Stay overnight at Langmusi Hotel.

is only composed of one main street with a streem known as “White Dragon River” passing by the street. The area of north of the streem belongs to Gansu Province while the south to Sichuan. Langmusi has two Tibetan Temples. After breakfast, you are arranged to visit another temple - Sertri Gompa. The temple is located on northern hill ( on Gansu side ). After lunch, you are transferred along the Natiional Highway No.213 back to Xiahe. Stay overnight at our designated hotel in Xiahe.

Today's highlight is focused on the , the buddhist center of Tibetan Buddhism and culture of the cross borders of Gansu, Qinghai and Sichuan. Labrang Monastery is located on the north of Daxia River in the west of Xiahe County of Gannan Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture in Gansu Province. This most important Tibetan monastery outside Tibet was first founded by Ngagong Tsunde, the first generation of Jamyang from nearby Ganjia in 1709. it is an important monastery of the Gelukpa or the Yellow Hat Sect. At its peak there were over 4000 monks. Currently there are over 3000 monks from Qinghai, Gansu, Inner Mongolia and Tibet as well. You will visit the Institute of Medicine, three temples including the Grand Prayer Hall, Shou'an Temple, Shou'xi Temple and as well as Labrang Monastery Relic Musuem (Yak Butter sculpture). Then after lunch, you will be transferred back to Lanzhou and check in the hotel. The rest of the time is on your own.